Improvement in machines for forming baskets



E. A. JEFFREY. MACHINE POR MAKING BASKETS.

No'. 48,869. 8 Patented July 18,1865.

' UNITED -STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN A. JEEEEEY, 0E NEW HAVEN, coNNEoT1oUT,`AssIGNoE To .AMERI- cANBASKETGOMPANY, 0E SAME PLAGE.

.IMPROVEMENT iN MACHINES FOR FORMINGBASKETS..

specification forming part of nettare PatntNo. 48,869. dated Judy 1s,1865.

To all whom it may concern l ABe it known that I, EDWIN A. JEEFERY, of

ANew Havcn,in'the county of NeWHaven and forms ofbaskets.

Similar letters' and characters indicate corresponding parts. y

My invention relates to improvements in machines for formingbaskets, andthough adapted to the manufacture of various kinds of baskets is moreparticularly designed for forming fruit' baskets similar tothat patentedby Jessie K.

Park, Mayl, 1860.

To enable others skilled in the. art to construct and use mymachine, Iwill proceed to.

fully describe the .same as illustrated inthe accompanyingdrawings.

A is the bed-plate upon which the operative mechanism is placed.

Bis the former, hung so as to revolve in' a bearing, G. The said bearingC fixed upon a slide, D, moving longitudinally on the bed-A plate'inproper guides E, is moved from the position in black to the position inblue, Fig. l, and thus secured by means ot' the clamp .F

` locking over lugs Gr, as denoted in blue, Fig.1.

H is a head fixed to ormade part of a shaft,

lI, and hung so as to revolve inbearings J.

To theseveral sides of the saidhead H are attached folders a a, hingedso as to fold from i the position in black to that denoted in red,

Fig. 5.

Kis a'yoke, fitted Aso as to slide onvthe shaft- I, with arm'spa.corresponding to the folders on the head E, to which the said arms arecon'- n'ected ,by rods c c.

L isa lever, having its fulcrumat d, extending beneath the machine tothe-front, where itterminates, so as to be operated by the work manemployedl on this-machine, its otherarm extending up and connecting withthe yokevby means o f rods ff, so'that when thev lever is pressed downby the workman it will force the yoke forward, as denoted in red, Fig.1, to turn down the folders. This completes the construction of mymachine.

The machine illustrated is designed to form a square basket composed of.two laminas of wood, crossed and slit at their ends, as y seen in Fig.4. The two laminae are -rst formed and tacked together, then placedbefore the head- .H and folders a, pins placed at each angle Vserving asguides. Then force 'the former B against and clamp-the two crossedlaminas between the head H and former B, as denoted in Fig. 5.

It is desirable that the basket should be Ilaring, or larger at' the topthan at t-he bottom; The former is made accordingly, and in order tospread the slits to so make the basket, as seen in Fig. 6, the foce ofthe former is made concave and the headvH convex, as seen in Figs. 1 and5, which curves the angles of the 'sides when folded down, so that theywill spread, as seen in Fig. 6.

To make a basket, place the two crossed laminae in the machine, as seenin Fig.5. Place a band of wood, n, or other material, around the former,as s een in section, Fig. 7. Tack the two ends ot' the said bandtogether. Then fold the sides down, as before described, and de noted inFig. 7. Then place a band, m, similar tothe first, around over the endsof the wood, securing it properly to hold the basket in form; and tosecure the outer and inner hoop, for convenience of securing upon allsides, the head and former are made so as to be revolved togetherat thepleasure of the op- .1 have thus far described my machine as constructed-for forming basket -of four sides; but more sides, even to a roundbasket, may beformed-by constructing the former accordingly andemploying more folders, as seen- 11n Fig. 8; also, the shape of thebottom and form of the basket may be changed, requiring only that theformer and head, -with the folders,'be

constructed accordingly. *A

Having therefore fully describedmy lnvem tion, what I claim as 'new anduseful, and deby means of the folders a a, substantially as sire tosecure by Letters Patent, isspeced.

1. .Thev combination of a. former, BLWith ai head, H, and folders a a,constructed to operztte substantially in the manner and for theWitnesses: purpose specified. JOHN E. EARLE,

2. Closing or folding the sides of the basket RUFUS H. SANFORD.

EDWIN A'. JEFFREY.

